New Blood in Town

BPOV

I enter the biology class just as the bell rings. I traipse to the back of the class and take my usual seat beside the window. I glance out the window. It had started to rain again. As usual! I turn back and notice that there was a microscope and five slides on the table in front of me.

"Okay, settle down!" bellows Mr. Molina over the racket the class was making. "Today we will be identifying the stages of mitosis!"

Just then, a tall boy with honey blond hair saunters through the door. "Late again Mr. Hale. That's the third time you have been late this week," Mr. Molina says disapprovingly.

"Sorry Mr. Molina." muttered Jasper.

Jasper strode to the back of the room and takes his seat beside me. I pull the microscope towards me and fix the slide in place on the stage. I look through the eyepiece.

"Prophase," I mutter.

"If you say so,"replies Jasper.

"Why don't you try the next one," I say as I change the slides.

"No!"

I sigh. Jasper never used to be like this. I don't know what has gotten into him. I have known him my whole life but lately, he's been in a constant mood, drinking, smoking and always late for class. I wish he would tell me what's wrong.

"What has gotten into you lately, Jas? It's like I don't know you anymore!"

I glance at the next slide and neatly write 'anaphase' on the worksheet. He's not answering me. I swivel around to gaze at him. He's staring absentmindedly out the window. When he realises I'm watching him, he turns to glower at me.

I raised my eyebrows "are you going to answer me?"

"Bella will you just leave me alone! There's nothing fucking wrong." He retorts.

"Fine!"

I continue to finish off the rest of the worksheet and Jasper resumes staring out the window. I wish I knew what was wrong with him. He has never spoken to me like that before. I finish the worksheet with five minutes of class to go and Mr. Molina came to collect the worksheet.

Just then the bell rang. Mr. Molina yelled over the din "there will be a test on this chapter next Monday."

Jasper had already jumped to his feet the second the bell rang and was already out the door. I sigh and head for my next class, English. English was my favourite subject and we were starting Shakespeare today, which was even better. I take my usual seat in the second row and take out my books.

I was one of the first to arrive. As I waited for everyone else I noticed a boy I didn't know walk into the classroom and handed the teacher a sheet of paper. He was tall and had untidy hair which was an unusual shade of bronze.

"Attention everyone, we have a new student today." Mr. Warner announced. "Why don't you introduce yourself to the class?"

"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen and I have just moved here from Chicago."

I looked up at Edward and saw that he was looking back at me. I blushed and looked away. I didn't look up again until I heard the chair beside me being dragged along the floor. He smiled at me. I smiled back and blushed even redder.

Mr. Warner was walking around the room handing out books. I looked at the book as it landed on my desk. Romeo and Juliet.

"Let's see Edward why don't you read the part of Romeo and Bella you can read the part of Juliet."

JPOV

I jerk awake to the sound of my alarm going of. I groan and roll over and hit the off button and fall back to sleep.

I wake again to a knocking on my bedroom door.

"Jasper get up," my mother was yelling. "You're going to be late for school. Again!"

I sigh, roll out of bed and head for the bathroom.

After a shower, I grab my school bag and make my way out to my car. I didn't have time for breakfast. I was already late.

Five minutes later, I arrive at Forks High School and I park my car in my usual spot beside Bella's red Chevy truck and my twin sister Rosalie's BMW. I noticed a new car across the parking lot. A Volvo.

Who owes that, I wondered.

I sigh and head for my biology class for another monotonous day of school. I was already wishing it were lunchtime.

"Late again Mr. Hale. That's the third time you have been late this week," Mr. Molina said disapprovingly.

"Sorry Mr. Molina."

I headed for my usual seat beside a girl with a heart-shaped face and chocolate brown eyes.

Bella pulls the microscope towards her.

"Prophase," she muttered.

"If you say so,"I replied.

"Why don't you try the next one," she suggested.

"No!"

I wish she would leave me alone. She knows I don't understand this crap and I don't care to learn.

I turn to stare out the window. I watch a bird walk across the parking lot.

"What has gotten into you lately, Jas. It's like I don't know you anymore!"

I choose to ignore her and continue to stare out the window. I realise she was still staring at me. I looked at her wishing she would leave me alone. But I knew she wouldn't just drop it.

"Are you going to answer me."

"Bella will you just leave me alone! There's nothing fucking wrong."

I continue to stare out the window for the rest of the class. The second the bell rang I get up and head for the door not evening bothering to wait and find out what day the test was. I was going to fail anyway!

I head outside for a cigarette before maths. I hated school and could not wait until I graduated and moved away from this god-forsaken town.

When I stroll into class. Mrs, Murphy doesn't even glance in my direction and doesn't even bother to comment on my being late. She was used to it by now. She continues teaching about quadratic equations.

I head for my seat in the back of the classroom and realise a new girl was sitting in my seat. She was small and had short, spikey black hair. She looked up smiled and waved wildly at me. Weirdo! I turn around and take a seat at the front of the class.

After class, she marched up to me.

"Hi Jasper, I'm Alice Cullen, from Chicago."

"You took my seat."

"I know!"

"What do you mean 'you know'- wait a minute how did you know my name?"

"I had a vision of you. I came to find you."